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Board approves $383,700 opioid-settlement spending plan for FY26, funds peer support and treatment services
Summary
The board approved the Saving Lives Task Force’s recommended FY26 distribution of opioid-settlement funds, including continuing peer-support and recovery-court positions, naloxone/test-strip supplies, and support for detention-center services, after the task force reported public survey input.
Dare County commissioners on May 5 approved a proposed $383,700 allocation of opioid-settlement (Saving Lives Task Force) funds for fiscal 2026, supporting treatment, peer support, naloxone distribution, social-determinant services and jail-based programs.
Task force co-chairs presented a funding plan informed by a community survey of 368 respondents. The recommended FY26 package includes recurring support for a peer-support specialist and a recovery-court coordinator (positions the…
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